Cigarette-dispensing box.



G. L. HARVBY.

GIGARETTE DISPENSING BOX. APPLICATION IILBD DBO.10, 1913.

1,096,910, Patented May19,1914.

GEORGE L. HARVEY, OIE CHICAGO, ILL1NOIS.

CIGARETTE-DSPENSING BOX.

Speification cf Letters Patent.

PatentcdMay19, 1914.

Application flld December 10, 1913. Serial No. 805,698.

T aZl whom it may conccm Be it known that I, GEORGE L. IIARVBY, a itizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have inverited certain new and useful Imprdvements in Cigarette-Dispensing Boxes, of which tle following is a specification.

My invention has for one of its objecte the Provision of an original package of attractive appearance for cigarettes, and of such shape and form as to eliminate objectionable sharp edges and corners, thereby aiording a package which apparently oc cupies less space than the usual cigarette boxes of rectangular form and also because of its form preserving the shape of the garment pocket in which it is carried.

A further feature of the invention is the provision of such a package or container which may be readily opened and when open, constituting a carrying-case of convenient form enabling the cigarettes to be. withdrawn singly and with facility.

These and other objecte areattained by forming the original cigarette pacl:age of a substantial elliptical shape with a readily detachable cover at one corner whereby when the cover is removed the box serves as a pocket dispensing case the cigarettes presenting themselves singly at the corner opening in position to be grasped by the fingers and removed.

In order that the invention may be readily understood a cigarette box embodying the same is, set forth by way of illustration in the accompanying drawing and in the detailed description based thereom In the drawing Figure 1 represents in perspective such a cigarette box as it cornes from the dealer; Fig. 2 is a dtail view of the cover removed; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Figs. 1 and 2 showing the box as a pocket case With a cigarette in position to be withdrawn; and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view in transverse section taken on the line below the top of the box.

' The reference numeral 11 designates the box body to which is permanently secured a bottom having a marginal band 12 over: lapPing the lower edge of the box body and serving as an ornamental finish. A top 13 is likewise permanently secured to the box and provided With a marginal finishing band 14. The material of the box body 11,

the top 13 and the band 14 are severed along an oblique line 15 so as to provide a remova ble cover 16 at the corner of the box. The l1ne of uncture 15 is bridged by the outer covermg material 17 of the box which is ordmarily of paper and along the line of ]uncture beneath the paper is arrnnged a cord 18 having a projecting and and adapted when pulled to sever the paper and thus detagh the cover 16 as will be readily understoo The cover having been removed the box assumes the form shown in Fig. 3 constitut- 1ng a convenient pocket case which, by reason of its flattened elliptical shape, may be readdy carried within the vest pocket without d1storting the set of the garment to any appreciable extent. The interior dimensions of the box at its two edges is preferably such as to accommodate a single cigarette while in the wider portion of the case intermod1atethe edges the cigarettes may lie side by side in compact relation. From Fig. 3 it will be observed that the corner cover includes only so much of the top 13 as overlies one cigarette at the edge of the box and that when the cover is zremoved the cigarette 19, which occupies the position at the "edge of the box, is exposed in a position to be grasped by the fingers and removed while the other cigarettes are prevented from passing through the opening. Moreover, the dimensions of the box are such that the cigarette at the opening is frictionally held between the edge Walls so as to prevent it accidentally leaving the box. Obvionsly when one cigarette is removed from the edge of the box another Will, When the boxis tilted, drop into position at the opening. The

shape of the box is, moreover, conducive to economy in manufacture, as the body thereof may be formed upon a mandrel in lengths of tubular or elliptical cross-section and thereafter cut into sections of the reqnisite length, and the bottoms and tops then attached expeditiously by hand or by machines of simple construction.

I claim:

1. An original packge for cigarettes or the like comprising a box of snbstantially elliptical cross section, the interior dimensions of the box at its two edges being such as to accommodate a single cigarette, and a cover for one corner of the box detachably connected thereto along an oblique line, and means to facilitate the removal of the.cover. the dctachable cover including so much of the top and edge of the box as overlies the end of a single cigarette, substantiuily as described.

2. An original package for cigarettes and the like of elonguted elliptical crosssection, the interior dimensions of the edge portion being such as to accommodate 011e only of the cigarettes or other contained articles, said package having a detachable section comprising a part of the side and end of the package and located at the edge portion ofthe package and permitting after its detachment the grasping and endwise withdrawal of a single exposed cigarette or other article through the opening provided by the removal of said section.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my marne in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

GEORGE L. HARVEY.

Witnesses LEWIS T. Gnmsr, T. D. BUTLER. 

